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Inan Bostanci
Currently, I am interning and finishing up my thesis at Statistics Netherlands (CBS). In this research project, traffic loop sensor data and administrative data are utilised to improve models that estimate travel behavior and predict traffic on a nationwide level. The thesis is supervised by Dr. Peter Lugtig and Yvonne Gootzen.
Education
BA Sociology
Leipzig University
Germany
2020 - 2015
- Thesis: Using survey data and regional data to test for an effect of social networks on labour market outcomes
Employment History
Intern Data Science/Methodology in Mobility Research
DaCiMob
Statistics Netherlands (CBS)
2022 - 2021
- Working with big data for mobility research as part of my thesis
- Linking traffic loop sensor data, administrative data and infrastructure data to predict nationwide traffic for official statistics
- Writing scripts for data management and analysis of traffic loop sensor data
Research Assistant/Intern in T-NAMSE project
Institute for Public Health
Charité - Berlin University of Medicine
2020 - 2019
- Health service research project involving multiple research teams across Germany.
- Management, cost-analysis, plausibility checks, cleaning, statistical analysis and visualization of data
- Translating and communicating code from different software
Student Assistant
School of Media, Communication and Sociology
University of Leicester
2020 - 2017
- Research project Far-Right Environmental Risk Communication in the European Parliament
- Collecting, monitoring and coding data and parliamentary speeches of the EU parliament and of newspaper articles
Intern Behavioural Policy and Disruptive Technology
Ministry of Trade
Ankara, Republic of Turkey
2019
- Assistance in Turkeys first Nudge Unit (applying behavioural science in public policy)
- Attendance in international meetings to implement blockchain technology in international trade
- Literature reviews
Student Assistant in EU-funded SOLIDUS (Horizon 2020, grant agreement #649489)
Institute for Sociology
Leipzig University
2018 - 2017
- Assisted in authoring of the “European Solidarity in Times of Crisis”-monograph
- Preparing and analysing reports
- Conducting and evaluating focus group meetings, interviews and national seminars
Teaching Assistant Methods and Statistics
Institute for Sociology
Leipzig University
2017 - 2016
- Marking students homework in statistics and assisting in lectures